The Village

Don Cruickshank, chairman designate of iX, clearly didn't know what he was letting himself in for when he took the job as chairman of the London Stock Exchange. The man who built his reputation hammering British Telecom for anti-competitive practices as head of Oftel, and who most recently bashed the UK banking sector for its overcharging and lack of competition, could soon be getting a dose of his own medicine. In a delicious irony, the merger of the LSE and Deutsche Börse is expected to attract the attention of a cartel...